21 Sep Federal Drug Official Defends Proposed Guidelines for Hair Testing The chairman of a federal drug-testing advisory board that developed the controversial proposed mandatory guidelines for hair drug testing of truck drivers, other workers in safety-sensitive jobs and federal employees has responded to what he called “misconceptions” about the proposal by opponents. Read more...
21 Sep FedEx Seeks to Add Small Self-Flying Planes for Remote Areas FedEx Corp. is looking at using small self-flying cargo planes to serve remote areas after experimenting with a technology startup on autonomous aircraft, CEO Fred Smith said. Read more...
21 Sep N.Y. Judge: Postal Service Must Process Election Mail in Timely Manner The U.S. Postal Service must live up to its responsibilities to timely process election mail by treating it as a priority, a New York judge ordered Sept. 21, adding that the agency’s workers should be permitted to make extra deliveries and work overtime near the November presidential election. Read more...
21 Sep Elon Musk Gets Shot to Deliver on Tesla’s ‘Battery Day’ Hints Tesla Inc. will provide a highly anticipated technology update Sept. 22 when Elon Musk takes center stage at an event the CEO has dropped hints about for months — and which has helped propel the company’s sky-high valuation. Read more...
21 Sep Thermo King Debuts Unit to Support COVID-19 Cold Chain Thermo King announced the launch of its Cold Storage Solutions unit intended to meet the unique requirements of global pharmaceutical companies developing COVID-19 vaccines. Read more...
21 Sep FMCSA Launches Driver Panel for Advisory Committee The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has created a panel consisting of commercial drivers to contribute to the agency’s Motor Carrier Safety Advisory Committee. Read more...
21 Sep Steve Girsky Rises From Matchmaker to Chairman at Nikola With Trevor Milton having stepped down as executive chairman of Nikola Motor Co. Sept. 21, the spotlight now falls to new chairman of the board Steve Girsky. Read more...
21 Sep Nikola Executive Chairman Trevor Milton Steps Down Trevor Milton has voluntarily stepped aside as executive chairman and board member of Nikola Corp., the electric truck company he created, it was announced Sept. 21. Read more...
18 Sep Kenan Advantage Group Acquires Canadian Firm Beaulac Kenan Advantage Group has completed the acquisition of Les Distributions Carl Beaulac Inc., the company announced Sept. 18. Read more...
18 Sep Stocks Hit Six-Week Low as Tech Slide Accelerates Technology shares pushed U.S. stocks to a six-week low as investors searched for new catalysts to give direction to global markets. The dollar strengthened and Treasuries were little changed. Read more...